Oliver Winery started in the 1960s as a hobby in the basement of Indiana University law professor William Oliver. His enthusiasm for making wine led him to establish a vineyard northwest of Bloomington. Soon the flourishing vines produced grapes far in excess of his needs as a hobby winemaker, and he began plans to open a commercial winery.
Professor Oliver was instrumental in passing … [Read more...]

We are super pleased to announce the addition of a new session with author and speaker Kristin Meekhof. Krstin will be presenting a session titled "I.L.L.U.M.I.N.A.T.E.- Ten Pillars For Overcoming Any Setback."
Kristin Meekhof, tragically, is a pro at overcoming setback. She was born in South Korea, left on the street as an infant, found by a passerby, and four months later adopted by her … [Read more...]

If you are signed up for our RSS feed to receive an email each time we write a blog post, the last one you received was on April 7. Since then, we have written seven blog posts without alerting you by email. See below for what you have been missing.
Turns out some spammer in Russia figured out it would be a great idea to include our automated email signup form in their spam efforts. I am not … [Read more...]

Make sure to arrive early for the 2016 Fit Bloggin & Fit Social Conference to hear the owner of Scotty's Brewhouse tell us how he attempts to stay healthy while flipping burgers and serving beers. From 6:00 - 9:00 PM you can register for the conference, enjoy appetizers, and hear from Scotty at his location on 1 Virginia Avenue #100, an eleven minute walk from the host Marriott hotel. (Drinks … [Read more...]

The FitBloggin & FitSocial conference is a perfect opportunity for brands from a variety of industries, including fitness, health, and weight loss. Brands that participate not only get to interact with all attendees at our Expo but they can make personal relationships with individual bloggers and also be exposed to our wider community via social media and our website.
Do you have any … [Read more...]

Everyone associated with FitBloggin realizes the conference is about more than just blogging. Even our tagline says "Using blogging, social media, and digital communication to motivate, inspire, and foster a culture of health and wellness where everyone belongs."
Clearly, almost all bloggers now use social media and many people communicating about fitness, health, and wellness prefer social … [Read more...]

OK, so we know it isn't a complete list of fitness and health blogs. But the list we have compiled is pretty dang good.
We spent hundreds of hours going through our existing list and searching the web for additional blogs. We removed extinct blogs and those that are out of date by nine months or more. We searched for the Twitter handle and location, when it was available.
Here are those … [Read more...]